East Africa Community Smart Move High Level Group

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IRU is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 IRU Smart Move Awards. Malta Public Transport wins the Bus Excellence Award for its outstanding public bus service and the Romanian municipality of Alba Iulia is awarded the City Trophy for the great attention paid to tourist coaches visiting the city.

Group tourism by coach is an important business and job creator in Germany. A study commissioned by Smart Move partner, bdo (the German Bus and Coach Operators’ Association), and the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce shows in figures the significant added value of coach tourism to the national economy.

Driverless shuttle buses will be soon seen in Tallinn operating on the route between Viru Square and the Tallinn Creative Hub - the main venue of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. A single shuttle carries up to 8 passengers and the ride is free of charge.

Catch the Bus Week organised by Greener Journeys from 3 to 9 July 2017 will celebrate the bus for the fifth time this year. A wide range of entertaining activities designed to raise awareness of the numerous benefits of travelling by bus will take place during one week across the UK.

The significant growth in population that Latin America has experienced in the last years has led to a major expansion of urbanisation and consequently to high levels of traffic congestion and pollution. The Smart Move Discussion Paper on Smart Urban Mobility in Latin America provides a comprehensive overview of these issues and points out specific areas for improvement.